Download Episode. Scott talks with Patrick Cockburn about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Western response. Cockburn argues that, regardless of any media spin, the Russians are running into more trouble than they expected to in Ukraine. He chalks that up to hubris...
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7/30/21 Patrick Cockburn: The ‘Forever War’ in Afghanistan is Far From Over
Scott and Patrick Cockburn speculate about the future of Afghanistan as the United States ends its military involvement there. Cockburn reminds us that although the Taliban are making gains in parts of the country, they are far from universally popular, and the...
10/2/20 Patrick Cockburn on his Testimony in the Assange Extradition Hearing
Scott interviews the great Patrick Cockburn about his written testimony in Julian Assange's extradition hearing. Cockburn argued, as have many other witnesses for the defense, that Assange's activities with WikiLeaks amount to the very best kind of journalism: the...
Fool’s Errand Now 1/2 Price!
So you're stuck at home and want to learn about the war in Afghanistan? Well, I've cut the price of my book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan by half for ya. The Kindle version too. Daniel Ellsberg, Douglas Macgregor, Matthew Hoh, Daniel L. Davis,...
1/3/20 Patrick Cockburn on Qassem Soleimani and America’s Proxy War With Iran in Iraq
Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at an airport in Baghdad. Cockburn is surprised by the boldness of the move, and thinks Iran will respond, though not necessarily in a dramatic or immediate way. More likely, he says,...
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10/18/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Winding Down of the War in Syria
Scott talks to Patrick Cockburn about the situation with the Kurds in Syria. Scott calls Syria a win-win-win-win: The Kurds have negotiated a deal with Assad that will give them some autonomy and protection from Turkey, Turkey gets a roughly 30-mile border buffer with...
9/27/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Changing Nature of Global Warfare
Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent attacks on a Saudi oil facility, an American drone, and two Japanese tankers, all of which have been pinned to various degrees on Iran. It's unclear to what extent Iran actually was involved—it's always possible that this is a...
Correction: Islamic State Population Size
Thanks to John in the Reddit room for the heads up. I said on Tom Woods' show that the Islamic State, which controlled eastern Syria and western Iraq from June 2014-December 2017, was the size and population of Great Britain, but that's wrong. It was the size of the...
Patrick Cockburn on Why Sanctions On Syria and Iran Will Fail (again)
Patrick Cockburn has seen this all before. The sanctions our government imposes on countries cost Americans nothing. No American lives are lost, no hardship for Americans, no cost to the American people. So you get no push-back from the American media or the...
6/14/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Disastrous Results of US Policy in the Middle East
Scott talks to the great Patrick Cockburn about war and politics in Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and the general disaster that has resulted from America's thinking it could completely remake the Middle East. Patrick Cockburn is the Middle East correspondent...
Patrick Cockburn: America’s persecution of Julian Assange has everything to do with Yemen
Patrick Cockburn: We have had two good examples of the lengths to which a government – in this case that of the US – will go to protect its own tainted version of events. The charging of Julian Assange for leaking government and military secrets and the denial of...
News Roundup 5/17/19
Trump signs an executive order that gives the White House the power to bar US telecom companies from doing business with foreign companies. Trump targeted the Chinese company Huawei. [Link] Daniel Lazare breaks down the real consequences of the fake Russiagate...
The Bad Guys with Guns
On FPF #350, I argue that the armed US government agents are often the bad guys with guns on American streets and overseas. A recent editorial in the NYT explains how cops in Baltimore became the bad guys. I explain how US troops end up becoming the bad guys with guns...
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